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    Harris to remind voters of Jan. 6 attack during ‘closing argument’

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    WASHINGTON – With the White House as a backdrop, Vice President Kamala Harris will remind Americans on Tuesday that the last time Donald Trump While he was in office, thousands of his supporters stormed the U.S. Capitol in an effort to overturn his election defeat.

    Harris will deliver her speech Tuesday night at the same location where Trump spoke just before the Jan. 6 insurrection — at the Ellipse, a park that separates the White House from the National Mall.

    “It’s a place that we think helps crystallize the choice in this election between a candidate seeking unchecked power in Donald Trump and another who actually offers real solutions to chart a new path forward,” Harris campaign chair Jen O’Malley Dillon told reporters. a preview of Harris’ remarks.

    O’Malley Dillon said that setting will provide a “striking visualization of probably the most infamous example of Donald Trump, and how he misused his power, really focusing on himself, sowing division and chaos and inciting a mob to try to maintain its own power and put itself above power.” country.”

    With exactly one week until the election, the race is a statistical equality and took a darkest tone in his last days. The candidates are deadlocked in nearly every swing state, and both campaigns have tried to make inroads with voters by staging big, dramatic events.

    Harris campaigned this weekend with Michelle Obama, who launched into a burning criticism of the former president. Trump is shocked by the blowback of his own ‘final argument’ at Madison Square Garden Sunday was overshadowed by racist tropes − including bipartisan condemnation of a comment about Puerto Rico from a comedian opening the rally.

    In what the campaign describes as her closing plea, Harris will tell voters they have two paths on Election Day: one focused on pleasing the American people and the other steeped in grievance and retaliation, officials said. responsible.

    They expect up to 20,000 people to attend the speech, during which Harris will renew her promise to voters to put the country above the Democratic Party and herself, while asserting that Trump make an “enemies list” from anyone who opposes him.

    She will also talk about her plans to reduce the costs of housing, groceries and health care, campaign officials said.

    After catapulting to the top of the Democratic ticket over the summer, Harris has spent much of her time introducing herself to voters and releasing policy proposals that she will re-present during her speech.

    She also argued that Trump would restrict access to reproductive rights. Women’s health was the topic of a rally Friday evening. held in Houston with Beyoncé. This speech was his biggest to date; his campaign says it attracted 30,000 people.

    Harris was in Ann Arbor, Michigan, on Monday, and is preparing to attack all the key battleground states this week.

    In recent weeks, she has tended to call Trump a “fascist” who would pose a danger to the nation after his term. Former White House chief of staff John Kelly said Trump “fits the general definition” of one. During a CNN town hall, Harris agree with this assessment.

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    Trump at rally in Atlanta said Monday that Harris’ comments were “so disgusting, just horrible” and called Harris a fascist.

    “This is the kind of outrageous rhetoric that has resulted in two assassination attempts in the last three months,” Trump said.

    Harris targets anti-Trump Republicans

    Some of Harris’ surrogates refused to call Trump a fascist and instead focused, in the final days of the campaign, on abortion rights and the economy. Illinois Governor JB Pritzker highlighted both issues at a poll launch in Waukesha, Wis., this weekend, as Harris volunteers prepared to knock on voters’ doors.

    “Let me start by saying that everything we hold dear is under siege by a racist, misogynist, homophobic and xenophobic former president who wants to return to the White House,” Pritzker said.

    He told them a few minutes later: “I think – this is just my view – talking about democracy is not something that most people are really thinking about in this election. » He added: “I think most people think about what this is going to do for my wallet, for my future, for my ability to pay the bills, for my ability to get a better job. »

    Waukesha is one of several deep red counties near Milwaukee where the Harris campaign is desperately trying to activate anti-Trump Republicans. Harris campaigned there with former GOP Rep. Liz Cheney last week. Walz hosted an event there Monday with the city’s mayor, Shawn Reilly, a longtime Republican who became an independent after Jan. 6 and who recently threw his support behind Harris.

    Nearly 60% of county residents voted for Trump in 2020, compared to 39% for Biden.

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    Harris’ campaign is betting it can cut into Trump’s margins there, as well as in other suburban battleground areas, with persistent messaging about the support he has lost from members of his own administration and the role he played in the appointment of judges. the Supreme Court who voted to overturn Roe v. Wade.

    Suburban women, independents and moderate Republicans are among the people Harris will target in her speech, O’Malley Dillon said. She said those voters shifted away from the GOP for the first time in the 2022 midterms because of the abortion issue.

    “These are people who are probably more influenced, who are paying attention to what’s going on, and they’re just evaluating the information,” O’Malley Dillon said. “And I think those are really the people we’ve been talking to all along.”

    O’Malley Dillon said Harris would also appeal to undecided voters, some of whom may be willing to support a new candidate after Trump’s closing rally at Madison Square Garden was marred by racist comments. She also said there was a whole cohort of young people who hadn’t paid attention to the elections until now.

    Protect democracy, then we can tackle the other problems‘

    Some voters across the country are growing increasingly concerned about the state of democracy and now view it as one of their top concerns, just a week before the Nov. 5 election.

    Colleen Schulz, vice chair of the Waukesha County Democratic Party, said protecting our democracy and defending the Constitution became her top priority in the election.

    The 61-year-old said access to abortion and women’s health care, as well as the environment, were her main concerns, but they have now taken a back seat to defense of democracy.

    “We need to protect our democracy and the Constitution first, and then we can tackle the other issues,” said Schulz, a former teacher, who attended an event with Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz, the Democratic vice candidate. -presidency, in Waukesha. “The first fire that must be put out is to defend our constitution. »

    Even if the economy remains the major concern of voters, a Gallup poll found that 49% of voters said democracy in the United States is “extremely” important and 36% said it was “very” important in how it will influence who they vote for in the election.

    Angela Mercadel, who stayed more than three hours to see Harris in Houston, Texas, said she was really alarmed by Trump’s message. about the “enemy within” and that he will attack his political opponents.

    “We need someone who can bring this country together,” she said.

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